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Jefferson Davis inaugurated as President of Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis was inaugurated as the first and only president of the Confederate States of America after the South seceded. -
Fort Sumter
administration would be humiliated and the secessionists would be emboldened. -
Election of 1860
Lincoln wins, and he gets a majority of electoral votes but none from the South -
First Battle of Bull Run
Confederate victory and Federal forces retreated to the defenses of Washington, DC -
Confederate States Form
The secession of South Carolina was followed by the secession of six more states—Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas and four more states -
Battle of Antietam
the bloodiest day of the war -
Battle of Shiloh
Union troops to penetrate the Confederate interior. -
Emancipation Proclamation
A decree freeing all enslaved persons in states still in rebellion after January 1, 1863 -
Battle of Vicksburg
the Union got control of the Mississippi River -
Battle of Gettysburg
the Union won, they had fought off an an-invaison -confederacy is now on defense -
Gettysburg Address
to commemorate a new National Cemetery at Gettysburg -
Sherman's March to the Sea
Total war Physical destruction of everything -
Appomattox Court House
The Appomattox Court House cultural landscape marks the beginning of the country's transition to peace and reunification following four years of Civil War -
13th Amendment
Abolishes slavery in the United States -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
President Lincoln was assassinated April 14, 1885